Senate Democrats are taking aim at bump-stocks, after the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban. The legislation is a long shot, even though the idea recently enjoyed bipartisan support.

• Gun dealerships around the country are gearing up to restart sales of bump stocks — a device that can modify a semi-automatic rifle to fire about as rapidly as a machine gun — after the Supreme Court invalidated a Trump-era prohibition. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he will propose legislation to reinstate the ban as soon as this week. The court ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms didn’t have the power to restrict the devices. But two of the justices pointed out that congressional legislation could do the trick. Now, Schumer is aiming to get a vote on the issue ASAP.

• The question becomes: will Republicans support any kind of gun safety legislation in an election year? (Okay, that was a rhetorical question.) But the Republican position on bump stocks is less clear-cut than on most gun regulations. The GOP reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling has been relatively muted. Not to mention, the original ban was instituted under the Trump administration, and, at the time, received bipartisan support.

• Bump stocks came into existence after the expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban in the early 2000s. They were then outlawed in 2017 following the Las Vegas mass shooting — the deadliest in U.S. history. The perpetrator in that case used a gun altered with a bump stock to fire more than 1000 rounds in 11 minutes into a crowded concert, killing 60. After the shooting, Trump and the NRA supported an executive action on bump stocks rather than congressional legislation, because it was easier to challenge in court.

So will Republicans tank this? Probably. But if so, Democrats will make it awkward for them, by pointing out their past positions.

• Senator Chris Murphy (D-CA) tells What a Day he hopes Republicans who “expressed support for regulating bump stocks” after the Vegas shooting will work with Democrats to regulate them once again. However, he added: “When push comes to shove, I won’t be surprised if they line up behind the NRA and the gun industry.”

• And on that note, when Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) was asked on CNN Sunday if he would support enshrining the Trump ban into law, he side-stepped the question… saying it “treads close to the line” of violating the second Amendment. He instead proposed a “crackdown” on crime, but never actually answered the question.

Even if Schumer’s legislation were to pass the Senate, there’s no guarantee it would even get to the floor in the NRA-controlled… uh, we mean, GOP-controlled House.